Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-23

Monthly.
The Color OF BIRDS EGGs.-Many birds
make their nests in lofty trees or on the
eagles, vultures and crows are conspicuous
examples. They are, for the most part, too
powerful to be afraid of the marauding
1nagpie, and only fear the attacks of beasts
of prey, among whom they doubtless classl-
fy the human race. They rely for the safe
ty of their eggs on the inaccessible positions
of the nest. Many of them also belong to
still larger group of birds, who. rely for
the safety of their eggs upon their own
ability, either singly, in pairs, or in colonies,
to defend them against all aggressors. Few
colonies of birds are more interesting than
those of herons, cormorants, and their re-
spective allies. These birds lay white or
nearly white eggs. Nature, with her GUS
tomary thrift, has lavished no color upon
them because, apparently, it would have
been wasted effort to do so but the eggs of
the guillemot are remarkable exception to
this rule. Few eggs are more gorgeously
colored, and no eggs exhibit such variety
of color. It is impossible to suppose that
protective selection can have produced COL
ors so conspicuous on the white edges of the
chalk cliffs; and sexual selection must have
been equally poWerless. It would be too
ludicrous suggestion to suppose that a cock
guillemot fell in love with plain-colored
hen because he remembered that last season
she laid a gay-colored egg. 1t cannot be &C.
cident that causes the guillemOt's eggs to be
so handsome and so varied. In the case OF
birds breedingi in holes secure from the pry-
ing eyes of the marauding magpie, no color
is wasted where it is not wanted.
The more deeply nature IS STUDIED, the
more certain seems to be the conclusion that
all her endless variety is the result of evo-
luton. 1t seems also to be more and more
certain that natural selection is not the cause
of evolution, but only its guide. Variation
is the cause of evolution, but the cause of
variation is unknoWn.-Ndt,tre.
TWELVE RULES FOR THE CARE OF EARS.
l. Never put anything into the ear for the
relief of toothache.
2. Never wear cotton in the ears if they
are discharging pus.
8. Never attempt to apply poultice to
the insideo of the canal of the ear.
4. Neverdrop anything into the ear unless
it has been previously warmed.
5. Never use anything but syringe and
warm water for cleansing the ears from pus.
6. Never strike or box child's ears; this
has been known to rupture the drum-head,
and cause incurable deafness.
7. Never wet the hair, if you have any
tendency to deafness; wear an olled-sllk
cap when bathing, and refrain from diving.
s. Never scratch the ears with anything
but the finger, if they itch. DO not use the
head of pin, hair pins, pencil tips, or any
thing of that nature.
8. Never let the feet become cold and
damp, or sit with the back toward the win
dow, as these things tend to aggravate any
existing hardness of hearing.
10. Never put milk, fat or any oily sub
stance into the ear for the relief of pain, for
inflammation. Simple warm water will an
swer the purpose better than anything else.
II. Never be alarmed if a living insect
enters the ear. Pouring warm water into
the canal will drown it, when it will gener-
ally come to the surface, and can be easily
removed by the fingers. A few puffs of to-
bacco smoke blown into the ear will stupefy
the insect. --.,-,, -~.--. ..
-. Never meddle with the ear ifa foreign
body, such as bead, button, or seed enters
it; leave it absolutely alone, but have a
has been done by injudicious attempts
at the extraction of a foreign body, than
could ever come from its presence in the
ear-Health and Home.
LIQUOR IN TENNEssEE.-T Tennessee
Supreme Court has decided the druggist
tax cases, involving $500, 900 in favor of the
State, holding all druggists in Tennessee liza
BILE for the retail liquor dealers tax for the
past five years, with interest. This decls-
ion is one of the most important ever de-
livered in the State, and may affect many
of the dealers in drugs. In 1885 counsel for
the State and Davidson county instituted
suit in Chancery court at Nashville to COM
pei five local firms to pay retail liquor
dealers tax for the years 188l-2-3-4-5, the
amount involved aggregating $4,000. The
cases were argued at length, and Judgment
was given against the druggists, excluding
all interest penalties and the tax for 1881.
The cases were appealed to the Supreme
court, and the druggists organized a State
association, resolving to resist to the last
The decision created CONSERVATION in the
ranks of the druggists, and bills for their
relief were promptly introduced in the Leg
islature. The Supreme Court held the de-
PENDANTS liable for the tax for five years,
also gave judgement for interest on tax for
each year from the date it should have been
paid, reversing the decision of the Chancel-
ior as to the tax of 1881 and the interest on the
other years. The Court held that drug.
gst was not liable for the liquor dealers
tax for the sale of medicinal compounds in
which liquors enter as component part,
such as tincture, extracts, etc. The State,
however, did not insist on their liability for
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